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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Sparganothini » Platynota » Omnivorous Leaf-roller - Hodges#3736 (Platynota stultana)
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red-brown, beige-yellow, & blackish shield-shaped Tortricid Moth with long dark 'snout' - Platynota stultana - male
Copyright © 2010 Emile

red-brown, beige-yellow, & blackish shield-shaped Tortricid Moth with long dark 'snout' - Platynota stultana - Male
Madrona Marsh Preserve, Torrance, Los Angeles County, California, USA
September 9, 2010
Size: ~ 7 mm snout to wing-tip
Is this Platynota flavedana, the Black-shaded Platynota Moth, also known as Variegated Leafroller ?

If so, could this be the first California record ?
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Contributed by Emile on 13 September, 2010 - 3:35pm
Last updated 10 January, 2022 - 1:57pm

Moved to Platynota stultana
Moved from Platynota.

Spoke to soon. See info here.
… Steve Nanz, 20 November, 2010 - 2:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Fantastic, Steve !
You solved the mystery.

It looks like Platynota sultana sports a wide variety of appearances, including a P. flavedana disguise.

Thanks again !
… Emile, 20 November, 2010 - 5:02pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Steve Nanz, 19 November, 2010 - 3:10am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Steve !
for your help homing it closer to its home.

I love your website !
Are all the photos taken in New York ?
… Emile, 19 November, 2010 - 9:00am login or register to post comments

 
Thank You
I live in Brooklyn and, yes, most of my photos are from the NYC area although that has changed in the last couple years. I probably shoot more Crawford County, PA, and Knox County, ME, these days.

BTW - I agree that it looks like Platynota flavedana but seems out of range and I couldn't find any exact matches in that species or anywhere else.
… Steve Nanz, 20 November, 2010 - 2:00pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 3 October, 2010 - 10:09am login or register to post comments

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